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SUBMITTER: Boztug K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829076 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boztug Kaan K Järvinen Päivi M PM Salzer Elisabeth E Racek Tomas T Mönch Sebastian S Garncarz Wojciech W Gertz E Michael EM Schäffer Alejandro A AA Antonopoulos Aristotelis A Haslam Stuart M SM Schieck Lena L Puchałka Jacek J Diestelhorst Jana J Appaswamy Giridharan G Lescoeur Brigitte B Giambruno Roberto R Bigenzahn Johannes W JW Elling Ulrich U Pfeifer Dietmar D Conde Cecilia Domínguez CD Albert Michael H MH Welte Karl K Brandes Gudrun G Sherkat Roya R van der Werff Ten Bosch Jutte J Rezaei Nima N Etzioni Amos A Bellanné-Chantelot Christine C Superti-Furga Giulio G Penninger Josef M JM Bennett Keiryn L KL von Blume Julia J Dell Anne A Donadieu Jean J Klein Christoph C
Nature genetics 20140817 9
The analysis of individuals with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) may shed light on the delicate balance of factors controlling the differentiation, maintenance and decay of neutrophils. We identify 9 distinct homozygous mutations in the JAGN1 gene encoding Jagunal homolog 1 in 14 individuals with SCN. JAGN1-mutant granulocytes are characterized by ultrastructural defects, a paucity of granules, aberrant N-glycosylation of multiple proteins and increased incidence of apoptosis. JAGN1 particip ...[more]